This week, Vince Gilligan talks extensively to numerous publications about Season 4 and its finale. Plus, cast members including Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Giancarlo Esposito, Dean Norris, Jonathan Banks, and Betsy Brandt spoke to the press, publications including TheWrap, Variety, and the San Antonio Express-News gave the series high praise, and recaps and reviews of the Season 4 finale. Read on for more:

• TheWrap praises Breaking Bad, noting the “show’s fourth season has cemented its status as one of the best TV dramas ever, and, we might even argue, the best TV show ever, period.”

• Variety believes that the “sheer force of reaction online to the finale of Bad — almost all of it gasping for praise — only reaffirms the growth of Vince Gilligan’s master creation into one of the top shows of the century.” (No Link) It also lauds the Season 4 finale for “boldly hitting the ‘reset’ button, with little road map for what comes next. Where is the show going to begin next season? Happily, I have absolutely no idea.” (No Link)

• io9 reviews Batman: Year One and believes the filmmakers made “a brilliant move by casting Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston as James Gordon. That choice, more than anything else, makes this version of Year One a huge success.”